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Prime Minister approves overhaul of communal health system

The Prime Minister has approved a plan to develop a new local-level medical network by 2025 to improve the capability and service quality of health care for Vietnamese.
Prime Minister approves overhaul of communal health system ảnh 1Doctor examines patient at the General Hospital in Kim Boi District in the northern province of Hoa BInh. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)- The Prime Minister has approved a plan to develop a new local-level medicalnetwork by 2025 to improve the capability and service quality of health carefor Vietnamese.

The proposal is aimed atensuring that all communal medical centres are qualified to provide medicalexamination and treatment of patients with health insurance, and able toprovide at least 90 percent of total communal health services. All communalmedical centres will also have to meet the national criteria for communalhealthcare.

In order to achieve theobjectives, the proposal calls for restructuring the existing network,improving the effectiveness of medical centres and providing professionaltraining for medical personnel.

A unified model formedical centres in districts and cities will be developed. Based on this model,the centres should be able to perform all the functions of preventive medicine,medical examination, medical treatment and rehabilitation. — VNA
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